From 2d060a5a724e578fe0b8719dd316a948d2c47aef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Barnab=C3=A1s=20P=C5=91cze?= Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 17:20:33 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] INSTALL.md: add note about uninstallation At the moment, meson stores the list of installed files in the build directory, and this list must be kept intact for uninstallation to work. Add a note about it. --- INSTALL.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md index d36edb3a6..8969a815b 100644 --- a/INSTALL.md +++ b/INSTALL.md @@ -230,3 +230,8 @@ ninja -C builddir uninstall Depending on the configured installation prefix, the above command may need to be run with elevated privileges (e.g. with `sudo`). + +Note that at the time of writing uninstallation only works with the +same build directory that was used for installation. Meson stores the +list of installed files in the build directory, and this list is +necessary for uninstallation to work.